Make: More Electronics

This book is a fantastic follow up to the original and more beginner friendly "Make: Electronics". This new book is more complicated and challenging in JUST the right ways. You are led to think on your own and make mistakes and discover things, without the "figuring out" ever becoming tedious. The book is no longer spoon feeding you like the original, it's a beast. The new experiments are fun and I've built long term versions of several of them and I feel like I'm learning more with every new chapter. But it's fun learning, I look forward to it. If you finished the first book and are looking for your next challenge, YOU CAN'T GO WRONG here. The Caveat: Unlike for the first book, there are no pre-made kits for this book, so you are on your own in stocking up with parts and materials. The materials list leaves something to be desired. My pet peeve is the "4pdt switch". There are half a dozen formats of this thing, and if you buy the first one you find (like I did), its money down the drain. I would suggest to the author to add pictures of the parts to an appendix, or a link to a section of his website which keeps the parts current. Even if this can not be added to the book right now, any reader writing in about parts could be directed to an online site of current parts. Other than that caveat, I will buy any book Mr. Platt writes (I actually have them all so far) and I wish he would come up with a third installment of this series. I've learned a lot and its all kinds of fun and just the right amount of challenging. GET THE BOOK!

An excellent follow-on to Make: Electronics! I've tried to learn electronics a number of times over the years, and each time I made it a little farther before bogging down. Make Electronics was my latest attempt, and this time I think I'm getting it! The explanations are clear, the order of subjects makes perfect sense, only as much theory and math as are absolutely required are used, and the pictures and diagrams are clearly laid out with the reasons why specific symbols, colors, etc. were selected are explained. Charles Platt clearly is a master of the subject, and is very capable of explaining the subject material. Based on my prior attempts, about half of what was in Make: Electronics was review for me, but Make: More Electronics is mostly new, and mostly things that I just didn't get in the past, but I'm understanding it now due to the same clear, well ordered explanations as in the prior book. This one picks up where Make: Electronics left off, and continues into more complex areas, such as AC circuits and OpAmps, with some fun and interesting projects. The explanations of how to approach a design are especially useful...you can't just copy other's designs forever! If you want to learn electronics, you won't go wrong with Make: Electronics, followed by Make: More Electronics. The set of three parts encyclopedias that Mr. Platt has also published are well worth a look as well. These aren't tutorials, like Make: Electronics and Make: More Electronics, but they aren't simple catalogs of parts either...they go into the theory, variations, uses, and cautions for a host of electronics parts from transformers, to transistors, and connectors. Based on my reading of these books, I'd certainly want to take a look at anything else Mr. Platt produces!

Great series taught me a lot. Recommended for all ages

I would recommend this book for purchase. I have read the entire book, understood much of it, but haven't done many of the projects as I am ordering the parts. I also would require you to read the Make: Electronics book by Platt first, as I did. I did not like this as much as his first book, as I think it goes too many different directions on silly projects. Yes, that is one way to teach the additional logic and special sensor information, but in a silly game way that I did not enjoy as much. But, in both books, he teaches / refreshes hobbyist electronics in a very clear and interesting manner. He does not plug any company and urges you to use eBay for bulk buys. He is honest and refreshing. I'm not going to do some of the projects, but I still learned and found the book to be worth every penny.

Outstanding! Easy read! Best. Book I’ve found. On the subject!

I started to do breadboarding about 6 months ago. Having grown up in the vacuum tube era, I did not learn about semiconductors. After learning a great deal with the first book. it's time to learn more. This book has very good projects and they are presented in an outstanding way. After learning a great deal and set to expand even more, I wish the system would allow more stars. Being very pleased with this text, I can not give high enough praise for the book and the author. Two thumbs up, and two big toes up.

This is by far the best book for anyone getting into electronics. The explanations were easy to understand and best of all the experiments were in alignment with the reading material.

This is a great instructional book, very well written. It teaches pretty solid foundation of the field of electronics. It's also written in a clear and simple and engaging style which will capture the curiosity of a teenager. However it is NOT a beginner book. It assumes the reader already has a decent understanding of the field of electronics. For a beginner, I'd recommend the previous book by the same author : "Make: Electronics"

Un livre d'une très grande clarté qui revient au début sur "La pratique de l'électronique", mais en allant plus loin. A partir du chapitre 3 on apprend à utiliser de nouveaux composants (37 chapitres au total) et à réaliser des montages dont certains trouveront l'utilité dans leur vie de tous les jours. On appréciera les suggestions données au début de l'ouvrage pour le rangement des composants, le câblage, les vérifications à opérer dans un montage de circuit... Pour moi qui n'y connaissait rien en électronique au premier juin de cette année, ce livre et le précédent ("L'électronique par la pratique") ont été à la fois une source précieuse d'enseignement et d'amusement. Encore un mot pour signaler les annexes importantes concernant les achats à réaliser. Je conseillerai néanmoins de lire d'abord les expériences proposées avant d'acheter. Peut-être le lecteur n'est-il pas intéressé par toutes les expériences et les achats qui en découlent.

The book is fully coloured with glossed paper. The language is easy to read. A must for electronics enthusiasts

* Physical This book is printed on high-quality paper and improved with colour pics and diagrams. The text is of good size for those who require specs to read. * Target audience In my humble opinion, the quality of the work within this book by this author is broadly around H.N.C level and later then strays into initial degree level later on. This is a largely practical pitch, and still with its signature of reduced mathematical content, apart from BODMAS rules. * What are the best bits? The best bits are carried from what's in the previous volume, 'Make Electronics'. And this clarity continues and explains what you may be too shy to admit you may not already grasp? This book describes individual components in enlightening ways, such as differing comparators and op-amps configurations - the LM741 and quad op-amp LM339 -, the simple transistors- the 2n2222, 555 timers, phototransistors, decoders and encoders and multiplexers, logic gates AND OR NOT NAND NOR XOR. And a major section of differing sensors is again very clearly explained. The great thing it promotes good comprehension skills with very tidy prototyping on boards that's is always a very handy skill and is a major help in debugging when faults occur. The reason why i estimate this book to be 'H.N.C' level plus is the problem of 'Rock, Paper, Scissors'. This i experienced this type of problem in my H.N.D, and this book goes into great lengths showing the principles of this multi logic setup, even going into multiple boards carrying discrete components and not always with logic gates. The lack of logical mapping is an unusual oversight considering its pitch. A nice thing is that it applied a system approach, advising blocks in order to avoid 'reinventing the wheel' and then working down into the component level. * Summary I enjoyed this largely practical book very much and devoured it over a week. Its refreshed lots of my half-forgotten studies and gave me pleasure to read. The author explains on page 323 his background and this may surprise?

Muito bem ilustrado,o livro explicita de modo claro e prático os princípios que embasam a eletrônica. Recomendo o livro a todos que desejam embrenhar-se no fantástico mundo eletrônico.

Me gusta todo, desde los consejos, aunque no soy inexperto los consejos y técnica que usa el autor son excelentes, recuerdas y aprendes conceptos muy prácticos